With a rate of mutation 35 percent higher than random chance, this previously unknown weakness could be a major vector for ...

Long-buried traces of Denisovan DNA have resurfaced in modern human genomes — and they may still be working for us today.

Whether you turn red when drinking alcohol, dislike certain smells, or metabolize drugs differently from others, the explanation often lies in your DNA, or more precisely, your gene types.

Scientists discovered that the first 100 base pairs of human genes are unusually prone to mutations, especially during the ...

Research shows synthetic chromosomes can be transferred to human cells with potential to improve viral resistance ...

A new study reports that the locations where genes begin are particularly prone to mutations, and these genetic changes can ...

David Liu and Richard Merkin of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, along with Columbia professor Sam Sternberg, have developed a new, targeted means of inserting entire genes into human DNA ...

With a new study in the journal Cell, researchers at Stanford University and Stockholm University have contributed to increased knowledge about gene regulation in human cells.

The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...

Human gene maps contain major blind spots because they were built largely from the DNA sequences of people with European ...

When scientists sequenced the first Neanderthal genomes, they did not just resurrect a lost branch of the human family tree, ...